Out of Left Field: Over 1,134 Newly Discovered Amazing Baseball Records, Connections, Coincidences, and More!

Jeffrey Lyons; Douglas B. Lyons

ISBN 10: 0812929934 / ISBN 13: 9780812929935

Published by Random House, 1998

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First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Random House, 1998. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new with very light spotting to the bottom page ends and light creasing to the front cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Out of Left Field: Over 1,134 Newly Discovered Amazing Baseball Records, Connections, Coincidences, and More!
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812929934
• ISBN 13: 9780812929935
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New

About this title

Synopsis

With an introduction by Bob Costas of NBC Sports, Out of Left Field is the perfect book for the baseball fan who has read it all.  Jeffrey and Douglas Lyons's three years of research have dug out a diamond mine of fascinating, never-before-seen gems, such as:

Themajor league team that broadcasts all of its games in London
The mother and son who both played pro ball
The .252 hitter who had an entire town named after him
The only big-leaguer directed by Alfred Hitchcock

With a question and answer format, Out of Left Field is the one book that diehard baseball fans will savor from cover to cover.

About the Author

Jefrey Lyons is the entertainment critic for New York City's WNBC-TV and host of the nationally syndicated radio feature The Lyons Den.  He is the former cohost of PBS's film review show Sneak Preview and has been a guest broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox.

Douglas B. Lyons, Jeffrey's younger brother, is a criminal lawyer in New York City.  Jeffrey's first words to Douglas, when Jeffrey was three and Douglas was four days old, were "Are you a Dodger fan?"